This past week saw more activity at NameJet.com, not only in the terms of numbers of domains which sold but also in terms of price and quality of domain. Is the quality of the domains a sign of things to come in 2009 as people allow quality domains to expire with greater frequency? We bid on several of these buy only wound up with one. Congrats to all buyers Here are some of the more … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2009
3 Letter .Com’s Highlight Our Top Picks At SnapNames.com 1/24 Edition:
A lot of three letter and three character domains highlight our Top Domains at Snapnames list this week. We even have a 2 character .net. All below are available at SnapNames.com for backorder. You can simply click on the link to … [Read more...]
What Is Domaining?
In preparation for my participation the a session next week at DomainFest entitled: Domaining 2.0- What Does the Next Evolutionary Phase of Our Industry Look Like" I began asking myself exactly what is domaining? I've see this question being asked in comments to my blog on many occasions. To me the answer is clear. Domaining is comprised of three distinct activities: The … [Read more...]
Adult Extended Auction Nets $125K
The extended online adult auction from the Internext show in Las Vegas, closed yesterday at SnapNames.com with a total of $125,000 in sales. Here is a complete list of all the domains that sold. WARNING THE FOLLOWING DOMAINS CONTAIN ADULT … [Read more...]
Yahoo To Freeze Wages: No Exceptions
In cost savings move, Yahoo announced this morning that effective immeditatly it would be freeze any wage hikes for the year. All employee's are included in the freeze. WIth so many of its most talented people leaving the company already, one has to wonder if this is another Yahoo blunder. It's fine to try to cut costs, but in a highly competitive market, freezing salaries may cause … [Read more...]
Google Profits Beat the Street: 30% of Revenue Comes From Adsense & Partner Traffic
Google said fourth-quarter profit, excluding one-time charges, was $5.10 a share, beating the average analyst forecast of $4.95 according to Reuters Estimates. Revenues rose 18% to $5.7 billion, in the 4th quarter up from $4.83 billion in the 4th quarter of 2007. Google owned sites generated 67 percent of revenue, or $3.81 billion, rising 22 percent from a year ago. Traffic acquisition … [Read more...]
NameJet.com Extends Auctions
Several auctions of NameJet.com that were suppose to end today were extended due to technical problems. In a note send by NameJet.com tonight to customers they said: """Due to a configuration issue one of our web servers became unavailable during a portion of the auction process this afternoon. Customers that had established a connection using one of the other web servers did not experience … [Read more...]